Santana divides Safa brass

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BAFANA Bafana coach Joel ­Santana has caused divergent views within the South African Football Association (Safa) leadership. There have been speculations about the Bafana coach being fired since the team lost six international friendlies in a row. The game against Iceland on the 13th of October 2009 has caused a stir to many South African football lovers. The article shows the argument between Safa CEO(Raymond Hack) , Joel Santana and the new Safa president (Kirsten ­Nematandani) seen that probably most football fans would want to see the coach sacked but then again Safa cannot fire him because the Soccer World Cup is impending. In my viewpoint, the article is informing the fellow South African soccer fanatics that Joel Santana still has the chance to prove to Safa and the fans that he can lead Bafana Bafana to the World Cup with satisfying results.
The fact that Santana has drastically changed the squads tactics, most of the fanatics complain that his tactics are too defensive thus Bafana finds it hard to even score a single goal. Safa has appointed three assessors of Santana, namely Jomo Sono, Clive Barker and Gavin Hunt to assess Santana’s tactics; as Nemantandani said “we will ask one of them to take us through it for guidance.”
If Joel Santana gets fired, this might not come as bolt from the blue because since he has been appointed as coach of South Africa it is as if the squad won’t even reach the second round of the 2010 Soccer World Cup and which will mean embarrassment to the host country.